fishhawk said:Anybody from Austin TX ever get CompUSA North to do a price match to Fry's?

Scroatdog said:BIG YMMV.

If you live in San Diego, forget about it. I called CompUSSR and asked them about pricematching, without telling the guy about the drive. He said if their price ends up lower, then they adjust it to that it equals what it would be after rebates. And then I said "So if Fry's has a drive and....." and he said "Yeah, the Seagato 300? We have an issue with that. We will have to price ours 60 dollars higher so it comes out to the $79.99 price after our rebates"


What a toolbox. This could've been good.

Dude. I was the reason you probably got this response.

I pick the drive off the shelf and bring it to the check out. I ask Brian (checkout guy) if they pricematch Fry's and he says yes.

We go over to a computer and he looks up the Fry's ad for $79.99 and then he calls Fry's to verify it's in stock. It is. He prints out something and writes $79.99 on it and says "you're good to go, this guy will help you".

Well "that guy" turned out to be a big jerkoff. I probably made his day asking for a pricematch that he could deny. He said he could sell it to me for $79.99 + the $60 in rebates. I'm like that's even more than Fry's since it's tax on $139.99. He said "yep" with this bigass grin. I argued for a bit. He even said they would pricematch a drive at Fry's if it had rebates for the price after rebates, but he wouldn't do this! Yeah right!

Anyway, I was sooooo close.

jignesh said:nabixlholdings said:

dont feel too bad. i'm in LA and i have been shot down many times for PM at CompUSA and Circuit City. Sure, LA has many local Fry's B&M locations, but that doesn't change anything. It actually only makes it worse, because a lot of people try to PM and then the managers at OD, OM, CC, and CompUSSR learn to turn you down.I would think that constitutes fraud to have a price match policy and then refuse to honor it. Someone should just call a cop and file a complaint for fraud. I wonder if that would shake them up!?!?

is CompUSA the only one with the rebate? or do other stores have one?

im looking and how can the 16mb version be substituted. i see nothin on it

No Fry near me, but good deal nevertheless.
Great effort OP.

to the SAN DIEGO peoples...

which CompUSA did you go to? i am planning to head out to the one in la mesa in a bit but i don't want to waste my time if that's where you went...

I've P/M'ed to Fry's a few times, but I think I'd rather have a root canal. The last time several "managers" felt the need to pore over the Fry's ad for what seemed like forever. They wound up matching, but the geniuses told the CSR not to give me the CUSA rebate printout. Duh.

Bump!

Any successful story at SAN MATEO, CA location?

Deals like this seem like such a pain. I mean I'm sure they're cool if you get them, but is it worth all the headache? Plus, it's kind of abusing the system a little bit I think.